This article lists political parties in Guatemala.

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Hon ...

has a

multi-party system In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in ...

, with two or three strong

political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

and other parties that are electorally successful. According to law if a party fails to get 4% of the vote or at least one deputy in congress, the party is canceled.

Political culture

Political parties in Guatemala are generally numerous and unstable. No party has won the presidency more than once. In every election period, the majority of the parties are small and newly formed.

Parties

Extra-parliamentary parties

Political parties in formation

Parties that did not contest the 2007 election

Reform Movement A reform movement or reformism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community's ideal. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary m ...

(''Movimiento Reformador'') * Social Democrat Party

Former parties

* Deregistered or ceased to function before 2003: ** Socialist Workers Unification * Deregistered in 2003: **

Social Participative Democracy The Social Participative Democracy (''Democracia Social Participativa'') was a political party in Guatemala. At the last legislative elections, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats in Congress A congre ...

(''Democracia Social Participativa'') ** Transparency (''Transparencia'') * Deregistered in 2007: **

Authentic Integral Development Authentic Integral Development (''Desarrollo Integral Auténtico'') was a left-wing nationalist political party in Guatemala. At the 2003 Guatemalan general election, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 3.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 158 ...

(''Desarollo Integral Auténtico'') ** Front for Democracy (''Frente por la Democracia'') **

Guatemalan Christian Democracy Guatemalan Christian Democracy (, DCG) was a political party in Guatemala. A moderate, reformist and anti-Communist party, it was a member of Centrist Democrat International, Christian Democrat International.Peter Calvert (2004) ''A Political an ...

(''Democracia Cristiana Guatemalteca'') ** New Nation Alliance (''Alianza Nueva Nación'') * Deregistered in 2015: ** Partido Patriota (''Partido Patriota'') * Institutional Republican Party (''Partido Republicano Institucional (PRI)'') - formerly Guatemalan Republican Front (''Frente Republicano Guatemalteco'') * Renewed Democratic Liberty (''Libertad Democrática Renovada (LIDER)'') * Movimiento Nueva República (MNR) (''Movimiento Nueva República (MNR)'') * Social Action Centre (''Centro de Acción Social (CASA)'') * New Heart Nation - (''Corazon Nueva Nacion (CNN)'') * Became the Grand National Alliance: ** National Solidarity Party (''Partido Solidaridad Nacional'')

References

External links

Guatemalan Electoral and Political Parties law
{{Americas topic, List of political parties in Politics of Guatemala

Political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...